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Bet Your Bottom Money...Thank You Don Cornelius

Don Cornelius was my uncle. No, he wasn’t my grandmother’s brother or some dude that grew up with my grandfather, but he was a m...

Black Music Month: Rick James !@#$%

How fitting was it that I was celebrating my 26 th birthday in a strip club when I found out that Rick James passed away? After the ini...

Black Music Month: Gone Too Soon...

Folks always ask me why I go to so many concerts. My answer is simple, Gerald Levert. Outside of my love for music, when Gerald Levert p...

Stereotype of a Black Male Misunderstood

I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray But when I woke up this morning, I didn't know it would be your judgment...

The Kid with the Broken Halo

Gary Coleman became a running joke of sorts in the last half of his life, but the fist half gave many of us laughs that we've carried...

R.I.P. Lena Horne

As you should know by now y your morning scan of the news, Lena Horne passed away last night at age 92. While her body of work was before my...

The Worst April Fools’ Day Joke Ever

I was only 5, but April 1, 1984 was one of those days that millions of people will remember for the rest of their lives as the day the w...

We'll Always Love Big Poppa

Today is a national holiday in Ghetto America, as Canibus put it, "The greatest rapper of all-time died on March 9th". Today mark...

The Morning Sun Will Greet You

R.I.P. Teddy Pendergrass          1950-2010 Although the horrible accident that stole the movement of his limbs didn’t take his golden voi...

Never Can Say Goodbye

When I woke up yesterday, paying my light bill and getting some food in my place was all that was on my mind. It never occurred to me that q...

Death of an O.G.

Earlier this morning at approximately 12:45 am pst, the State of California ended the life of Stanley "Tookie" Williams. This wasn...

The G.O.A.T.

The phrase "Greatest of All-Time" has been thrown around a lot in many circles of entertainment including Hip-Hop and basketball, ...